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the question is why did they send susan rice out? why i was it necessary for her to go out on five shows and say it was spontaneous. why not saying we have an ongoing investigation. i'm not going to say more. we're going to learn more. >> secretary clinton believes that ambassador rice has done a superb job. let's just start that. we completely reject calls here in this building. >> at a time when most americans would want to rally around our country at the death of four americans serving our country, instead we've had this bizarre response, which only leads to me believe there was, number one, there was gross negligence involved, or the president doesn't want us to realize libya may be a failed state in the fbi agents can't even make into banghazi. >> i watched the presentation. i thought it was amazing that someone in her position would go on with that degree of certainty, that fast, and that authoritatively and be that wrong. >> did you know the chairman of the homeland security committee has asked for susan rice to resign? does t
the question is why did they send susan rice out? why i was it necessary for her to go out on five shows and say it was spontaneous. why not saying we have an ongoing investigation. i'm not going to say more. we're going to learn more. >> secretary clinton believes that ambassador rice has done a superb job. let's just start that. we completely reject calls here in this building. >> at a time when most americans would want to rally around our country at the death of four americans...
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ambassador susan rice to resign. the obama team dill giving conflicting accounts of the white house response. martha: i'm martha maccallum. the romney campaign is joining this growing chorus of lawmakers. senator john mccain saying the administration's response was inept and ignorant and susan rice blaming it on a spontaneous protest was inexcusable. >> it's either willful ignorance or abysmal ignorance to think people come to spontaneous demonstrations with mortars and heavy weapons pant attack goes on for hours. bill: both sides are complaining. governor romney's team says the white house is still getting its story mixed up. >> reporter: democrats say republicans are politicizing the tragic attack that cost of life of four americans. the republicans say the white house is cover ugging up the details for political reasons. here is axlerod. >> the president called it an act of terror the day after it happened. but when you are the responsible party, when you are the administration and you have a responsibility to act
ambassador susan rice to resign. the obama team dill giving conflicting accounts of the white house response. martha: i'm martha maccallum. the romney campaign is joining this growing chorus of lawmakers. senator john mccain saying the administration's response was inept and ignorant and susan rice blaming it on a spontaneous protest was inexcusable. >> it's either willful ignorance or abysmal ignorance to think people come to spontaneous demonstrations with mortars and heavy weapons pant...
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exactly what ambassador susan rice hadonnll talk tbo tre w rotes. reporter: she didn't just go on one show, it wasn't an offhand comment which would be bad enough, she went on fe television showso share this narrative. since that period ever time we've had this gradual walk of tmbsaasncer herew organizations digging into this and now this blockbuster testimony on capitol hill from two security agents who h who were beggi forore help. stio s pnn oadhr ti oer ouerib think to just regular people watching this who aren't experts in this. three, really? that's all we could give them? something is wrong here. >> reporter: i think what you're referring toys colonel andrew wosesmo h oved surdo heen rngithim. he was an avid runner. colonel wood would go on these daily runs with chris stevens and he said he was disappointed when he heard that the state depament had ded not to extend theond stth senre fact, threats and attacks had only ramped up in the mths. why didn't the state department want to extend them? >> reporter: i think we're going to have to find o
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the question is when susan rice went out, did the white house know what she was going to say? did the secretary of state know? that i think is the ultimate question. who told her to stay those fictions? i think in the end, that is what is going to unravel. watergate scandal was about who knew up high and when. i'll remind you that nobody died in watergate. >> bret: the other thing to point out is the president is on david letterman two days after susan rice is on those five sunday talk shows linking those two things. this is a story that is not going away. >> right. they continue on that theme over and over again about the video. when it was completely irrelevant. >> bret: charles, thank you very much. we'll see you later on for the coverage. steve, juan, as always. that is it for panel. stay tuned for some finalbout oe here. in center college. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic muscul
the question is when susan rice went out, did the white house know what she was going to say? did the secretary of state know? that i think is the ultimate question. who told her to stay those fictions? i think in the end, that is what is going to unravel. watergate scandal was about who knew up high and when. i'll remind you that nobody died in watergate. >> bret: the other thing to point out is the president is on david letterman two days after susan rice is on those five sunday talk...
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the bottom line, susan rice was doing as u.n. ambassador what she was told to. megyn: i want to stop you so our viewers understand. u.n. ambassador works for the state department. the state department just testified they did not believe it was anything other than a terrorist attack. they watched it unfold in realtime. so their person, ambassador susan rice, goes out there to deliver a message not coming from the state department. now we're hearing that it would be the white house that would give the talking point to the ambassador. >> yes i would like to have asked and hear the president, ryan should have asked biden, were you in the room, who made this decision? plus, done len --. megyn: who told her it was a protest, not a video. >> the other problem biden created for them on the fact we didn't know about the security --. megyn: they wanted more security but didn't get it. >> the answer they keep saying on intelligence, no, it was confused. romney if he is smart will race the point should have been raised long ago, if that was the case, why weren't you, mr. pr
the bottom line, susan rice was doing as u.n. ambassador what she was told to. megyn: i want to stop you so our viewers understand. u.n. ambassador works for the state department. the state department just testified they did not believe it was anything other than a terrorist attack. they watched it unfold in realtime. so their person, ambassador susan rice, goes out there to deliver a message not coming from the state department. now we're hearing that it would be the white house that would...
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some call for susan rice, ambassador to be fired over this. i think whoever told her or failed to tell her the truth should look at being fired. >> andrea: if you watch sunday shows you saw david axelrod again. they are stepping all over the story. every time they send someone from the administration out, they contradict what someone else said before. david axelrod said the first day this happened the president said it was a terrorist attack. then david plouffe says later in the days after, it wasn't clear that the attack was an attack of terror. by the way, senator corker, he questions why f.b.i. agents haven't been able to get to that country. their excuse is it's too unsafe and bad news on the ground. why did we not know that earlier and why didn't ambassadorsteins have protection? >> dana: when you -- you have been following this, i know very closely. >> greg: absolutely. all i've been thinking about it. >> dana: is everything clear as mud at this point? gues >> greg: billy carter handled it better. you remember his fray in politics into l
some call for susan rice, ambassador to be fired over this. i think whoever told her or failed to tell her the truth should look at being fired. >> andrea: if you watch sunday shows you saw david axelrod again. they are stepping all over the story. every time they send someone from the administration out, they contradict what someone else said before. david axelrod said the first day this happened the president said it was a terrorist attack. then david plouffe says later in the days...
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ambassador susan rice in which rice said the attack was not preplanned but rather an offshoot of a protest of an anti-muslim video. >> she got the same information that everyone got. i think she very clearly said here's what we know now. but this is going to change. >> in an interview with cnn, clinton tried to further distance the white house from the attacks, saying "i'm in charge of the state department 60-thousand plus people all over the world. the president and the vice president wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions about security." that statement seems to confirm a statement made by vice president joe biden during his debate with paul ryan last week. >> we weren't told they wanted more security. >> congressional hearings last week revealed the state department rejected request for additional security in benghazi. republicans have expressed outrage over the administration's handling of the attack. >> either they are misleading the american people or incredibly incompetent. >> last night, three gop senators released a joint statement, saying when it comes to security for
ambassador susan rice in which rice said the attack was not preplanned but rather an offshoot of a protest of an anti-muslim video. >> she got the same information that everyone got. i think she very clearly said here's what we know now. but this is going to change. >> in an interview with cnn, clinton tried to further distance the white house from the attacks, saying "i'm in charge of the state department 60-thousand plus people all over the world. the president and the vice...
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and in stark can tros to what ambassador susan rice was saying. is hillary clinton on a different page? >> it seems like it. perhaps she is in the white house today to get back on the same page as barack obama. when we have the state department now saying, well we never said it was the film, what? i mean we have susan rice on tape saying this was a protest that had gone bad. protest over the film, hillary clinton herself, many apologies for the film, obviously there was the cairo deal as well. the indication was this was a film that had sparked initial outrage then it went bad. >> to remind people let's play am bass sore susan rice on the sunday talk shows. >> the best assessment we have today is that in fact this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. what happened initially was it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transfired in cairo as a consequence of the video. our current assessment is what happened in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneousee racks to what had just transpired hours before in kaj row, almost a copy-cat of
and in stark can tros to what ambassador susan rice was saying. is hillary clinton on a different page? >> it seems like it. perhaps she is in the white house today to get back on the same page as barack obama. when we have the state department now saying, well we never said it was the film, what? i mean we have susan rice on tape saying this was a protest that had gone bad. protest over the film, hillary clinton herself, many apologies for the film, obviously there was the cairo deal as...
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did it start before susan rice went out on the shows? >> well, you clearly had these conflicting reports of within 24 hours, the department of defense designated it internally as a terrorist attack because then you're able to mobilize more resources. but even then you had that quickly, the president, secretary of state saying the video. i mean, secretary clinton, as she was standing next to the coffin with the body of our ambassador and the three other americans who had been killed, as she was standing next to those coffins, she said, you know, horrific video. now, that's just shameful. we know it's not true. so i know it's an election season and i know that the white house will attempt to stall, but i really commend what is happening on the hill and i hope congress will continue to push on this. >> steve: i bet it's a topic at the vice presidential debate, which is something you know a little about. >> i imagine it will be. >> steve: liz cheney, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> brian: i'll see you only radio a little later. >>
did it start before susan rice went out on the shows? >> well, you clearly had these conflicting reports of within 24 hours, the department of defense designated it internally as a terrorist attack because then you're able to mobilize more resources. but even then you had that quickly, the president, secretary of state saying the video. i mean, secretary clinton, as she was standing next to the coffin with the body of our ambassador and the three other americans who had been killed, as...
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and when mike levine caught up with susan rice, she was at a loss for words. >> ambassador mike levine can you speak with us briefly. >> this is not an appropriate time. >> why not now. you have spoken before. will did you peek with the campaign before you went on the sunday show. >> please, thank you very much. >> the ambassador administration said the attack. >> steve: she should have stopped we could have learned a lot. brand new bomb explode nothing syria. exploding in syria. rebels have been fighting the regime of assad for a year and a half. this picture putting it in perspective . more than 33,000 people have doid in the violence in syria. >> the beard must go. the army ruling that has an's beard can be forcibly shaved. hass an said it is for religious reasons. the victims are furious that the government has not ruled the attack as a terrorist attack. >> he got off and stepped in front. >> he yelled alla ahbar. >>> and the attack is labeled as a workplace shooting. >> steve: eva longoria in hot water over a tweet post. she retweeted a follower who had vulgar comments to make. i
and when mike levine caught up with susan rice, she was at a loss for words. >> ambassador mike levine can you speak with us briefly. >> this is not an appropriate time. >> why not now. you have spoken before. will did you peek with the campaign before you went on the sunday show. >> please, thank you very much. >> the ambassador administration said the attack. >> steve: she should have stopped we could have learned a lot. brand new bomb explode nothing...
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and that's what hillary said and panetta and joe biden and susan rice. after that i heard nothing until you talked to the people in the media. absolutely nothing. >> what did leon -- what did the president say to you specifically? and hillary clinton and leon panetta, did she say it was about a film? >> susan rice total me specifically it was a phillip and it was not a -- film and it was not a terrorist attack. >> that it was not a terrorist attack. >> exactly. she said that days afterwards too when i saw her on tv. they told me -- in fact, about three or four days, all those big shots over there were saying it was not a terrorist attack. >> did you ask -- >> it didn't gel right for me because of all the other things that i heard. so -- i can't tell you specifics. just everything did not add up right. >> it's important to hear from pat smith on many levels. because embassador stevens has gotten so much attention, rightfully. it's a shocking event for this country, but sometimes that's eclipsed the other three americans who had children, wives, families a
and that's what hillary said and panetta and joe biden and susan rice. after that i heard nothing until you talked to the people in the media. absolutely nothing. >> what did leon -- what did the president say to you specifically? and hillary clinton and leon panetta, did she say it was about a film? >> susan rice total me specifically it was a phillip and it was not a -- film and it was not a terrorist attack. >> that it was not a terrorist attack. >> exactly. she said...
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ambassador, susan rice. so what are they going to say? there is a separation between those two and the rest of the state department and the white house? what side will they be on? >> steve: because to many, it looks like there has been some sort of cover-up going on and hillary clinton at the ends of her tenure as secretary of state, the last thing she wants, 'cause she wants to run for president, is a full blown scandal. but that's what -- >> gretchen: the last thing president obama wants as well is a full blown scandal 27 days from the election. >> steve: sure. but the thing is if her state department is out there, you know, pushing through susan rice, it was spontaneous, it was about the movie when it wasn't, the one thing that hillary is on the griddle for responsibility wise is the security. would they all be dead today if they had the proper security? a lot of people are asking themselves that. >> brian: right. by the way, i am looking for a scandal. so if you're interested. by the way, mitt romney was getting -- he's getting more p
ambassador, susan rice. so what are they going to say? there is a separation between those two and the rest of the state department and the white house? what side will they be on? >> steve: because to many, it looks like there has been some sort of cover-up going on and hillary clinton at the ends of her tenure as secretary of state, the last thing she wants, 'cause she wants to run for president, is a full blown scandal. but that's what -- >> gretchen: the last thing president...
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susan rice spoke to me personally, and she says this was the way it was, that it was all because of this film that came out. and now we heard yesterday something very, very different. >> yeah, no, exactly right. i mean, what we found out, in fact, yesterday was that they watched it in realtime, that it wasn't 24 hours -- fox had reported it was 24 hours, within 24 hours they had determined it was a terrorist attack. the state department determined it was a terrorist attack in realtime. so we spent weeks trying to pretend this was about an internet video when it was, in fact, a terrorist attack. what julie was saying about osama bin laden and bringing him to justice, this is the problem. the administration is treating this as a crime instead of an act of war. we are engaged in a war on terror. a terrorist just killed an american ambassador, and they've done it with impunity. there's no sign whatsoever that the administration is planning, much less has executed, a retaliation for this. i mean, to put this in context, again, the libyan people have done more to retaliate for the attack than
susan rice spoke to me personally, and she says this was the way it was, that it was all because of this film that came out. and now we heard yesterday something very, very different. >> yeah, no, exactly right. i mean, what we found out, in fact, yesterday was that they watched it in realtime, that it wasn't 24 hours -- fox had reported it was 24 hours, within 24 hours they had determined it was a terrorist attack. the state department determined it was a terrorist attack in realtime. so...
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ambassador susan rice who initially said the attacks were apparently the result of the anti-american protests, spun out of control, also on the receiving end of blame, what about her? do you think someone's head will have to roll for this? >> you know, so far we have seen the administration and secretary clinton really stand behind susan rice in an incredible way. and so, you know, initially it seemed like maybe she would be in deep trouble, especially since obviously there is a lot of rumors she's a preferred candidate to be secretary of state herself when hillary clinton steps down at the end of the -- other baend of obama's t. maybe she will survive after all just because everybody is kind of getting behind her and going with the line that that was the intelligence that the state department had, and she just shared that intelligence without any kind of, you know, political forethought of trying to spin this in any way. that certainly has been the administration's line, that's been hillary clinton's line, and they're all standing by susan rice. so if heads will roll, i don't though
ambassador susan rice who initially said the attacks were apparently the result of the anti-american protests, spun out of control, also on the receiving end of blame, what about her? do you think someone's head will have to roll for this? >> you know, so far we have seen the administration and secretary clinton really stand behind susan rice in an incredible way. and so, you know, initially it seemed like maybe she would be in deep trouble, especially since obviously there is a lot of...
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ambassador, susan rice. so what are they going to say? there is a separation between those two and the rest of the state department andhe white house? what side will they be on? >> steve: because to many, it looks like there has bee some sort of cer-up gngnnd heen acry e,thihent auhe wants to run for president, is a full blown scandal. but that's what -- >> gretchen: the last thing president obama wants as well is a full blown scandal 27 days from t election. >> steve: sure. but the thing is if her state department is out the, y ow pinroan abthiewht wt, on thing that hillary is on the griddle for responsibility wise is the security. would they all be dead today if they had the proper security? a lot of people are asking themselves tha by wi oo f at. geg he's getting more personal each day on the stump. here is another example. it turns out one of the navy seals that lost his life has since retired to work in the private sector, he actually ran into him. he knew him. gl der tdut atneunt tlo hehew thne who lost his life in benghazi. listen.
ambassador, susan rice. so what are they going to say? there is a separation between those two and the rest of the state department andhe white house? what side will they be on? >> steve: because to many, it looks like there has bee some sort of cer-up gngnnd heen acry e,thihent auhe wants to run for president, is a full blown scandal. but that's what -- >> gretchen: the last thing president obama wants as well is a full blown scandal 27 days from t election. >> steve: sure....
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. >> susan rice goes out there, four days after, says this was a spontaneous demonstration, it clearly wasn't. there was information both in the state department and the white house that it wasn't. there was no protest in -- >> but my question to you, and what i'm -- >> this sounds like a cover-up. i mean if this were a democratic president, i think all you people would be going crazy. >> do you have before said you thought it was coordination between the state department and the administration to come up with a story that sort of was around a a protest that we now know did not exist. he's saying cover-up. do you believe it was a cover-up? >> i think there are a couple parts of sthoirsry. the run-up that led to 9/11, what happened that night and then moving forward and the bungled story. it's five weeks later and we still don't have crystal clear answers. i'm glad to see the secretary of state, at least somebody is taking some personal responsibility. but leading up to it, how did we get to the point where we diminish security in a very volatile type of situation? i think somewhere bet
. >> susan rice goes out there, four days after, says this was a spontaneous demonstration, it clearly wasn't. there was information both in the state department and the white house that it wasn't. there was no protest in -- >> but my question to you, and what i'm -- >> this sounds like a cover-up. i mean if this were a democratic president, i think all you people would be going crazy. >> do you have before said you thought it was coordination between the state...
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hold on a second. >> susan rice goes out there four days after. says this was a spontaneous demonstration. it clearly wasn't. there was information both in the state department and the white house that it wasn't. there was no protest in advance. >> my question to you and what i'm debating -- >> this sounds like a cover-up. if this weren't a democratic president i think all you people would be going crazy. >> there are so many -- >> so much to this. it's so rich. >> the one thing i'm debating with you is just specifics. when you quote someone or you par phrase them the only thing i ask is that you get that accurate. that's all i ask. we're going to pull those. we're a little bit off. >> we're also entitled to interpret what the president is saying without this, like, massive defense of everything he says. >> just to sort of pivot us to the next subject, if i may, do you think foreign policy, including benghazi, is going to play a significant role in the election? because i would say my bias is to think actually it's really interesting for us to tal
hold on a second. >> susan rice goes out there four days after. says this was a spontaneous demonstration. it clearly wasn't. there was information both in the state department and the white house that it wasn't. there was no protest in advance. >> my question to you and what i'm debating -- >> this sounds like a cover-up. if this weren't a democratic president i think all you people would be going crazy. >> there are so many -- >> so much to this. it's so rich....
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there is some cia talking points that apparently were the guiding force for what susan rice said. woulder going to ask mike baker about this who was in the cia for 17 years. why if the station chief knew about this being a terrorist attack why the talking points several days later. back on the buck mostly cloudy keen take mckean attack on this is what he had to say. >> all the problems that erupt in washington when there is a coverup it's always worse than the incident itself. they ought to just come clean, tell us what happened. admit that mistakes were made and make corrections for the future. because this is just going to be a deeper and bigger hole that they are digging. >> don't people in washington get it? coverups and. >> that's a hard word to say at 6:00 in the morning. >> coverups and misdirection i'm going to try to say another word. go back to history and jfk after the bay of pigs invasion. his father said you need to come out and take responsibility. he comes outs in front of a press conference and says the buck stops with me. i made a mistake, it won't happen again. t
there is some cia talking points that apparently were the guiding force for what susan rice said. woulder going to ask mike baker about this who was in the cia for 17 years. why if the station chief knew about this being a terrorist attack why the talking points several days later. back on the buck mostly cloudy keen take mckean attack on this is what he had to say. >> all the problems that erupt in washington when there is a coverup it's always worse than the incident itself. they ought...
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susan rice went on the talk shows and we know that's not true. the vice president said that's what we were told. she said by who? who told you that? he said we said what the intelligence community told us. why is that not plausible? >> because it's not true. there was an extensive report in august warning about the security conditions in libya. also i have heard from several folks and it's common sense that experienced intelligence personnel recognized immediately this had to be a planned coordinated attack. the state department testimony on the hill. we heard from miss lamb that she was watching -- megyn: she is a state department person. they seem to be drawing a distinct between intel and the state department. the state department said those reports about this being about a video did not come from us. the state department is saying we said terror, but there seem to be other reports including republicans who came out after meeting with general petraeus who heads up the cia who said there have been suggestions by the cia that this was about a vi
susan rice went on the talk shows and we know that's not true. the vice president said that's what we were told. she said by who? who told you that? he said we said what the intelligence community told us. why is that not plausible? >> because it's not true. there was an extensive report in august warning about the security conditions in libya. also i have heard from several folks and it's common sense that experienced intelligence personnel recognized immediately this had to be a planned...
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ambassador susan rice said on television in that five days later actually about it being a spontaneous demonstration responding to the video, a copycat demonstration of what had happened earlier in cairo was not correct, and then they in turn from the u.n. mission keep saying there was an intelligence memo and everyone is standing in a circle pointing the finger elsewhere. >> it has the same sort of ethos of what happened after 9/11. when you go back and look -- the original 9/11, a lot of data points that might have been able to point to a danger here, point to some issues related to security. we see this now because this was a country that had been involved in historic revolution, had been a hot spot and we're being told that ambassador stevens had wanted greater security. some discussion about when the duty date for some of the members of that security team had expired that he had requested more, that was not done. some of the issues about resources, about judgments made at the time. now that something this awful has occurred, it puts a different light on things. that's where some o
ambassador susan rice said on television in that five days later actually about it being a spontaneous demonstration responding to the video, a copycat demonstration of what had happened earlier in cairo was not correct, and then they in turn from the u.n. mission keep saying there was an intelligence memo and everyone is standing in a circle pointing the finger elsewhere. >> it has the same sort of ethos of what happened after 9/11. when you go back and look -- the original 9/11, a lot...
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obviously, susan rice, the u.n. ambassador, coming under fire. peter king has said she should resign. do you agree with that? >> no, i don't. >> is that overstepping it? >> i think she was the messenger. she was the messenger. >> for people that aren't following this, what -- first of all, tell us what's offensive about what susan rice said five days afterwards. and then after that, can you talk about the briefing at the senate? because you have john kerry, actually, john kerry saying, you guys aren't telling us anything. >> yeah, the interesting thing was, first of all, the attack took over the place of many hours. there's a detailed description in many morning's "new york times." i'm not schilling for "the new york times." >> sure, you are. >> there's a detailed description. there was a long operation carried out by people with mortars, with rocket-propelled grenades, pretty accurate mortars. i mean, it was obvious, and intelligence people within 24 hours were concluding what it was was a well-planned, well-orchestrated attack on our u.s. embas
obviously, susan rice, the u.n. ambassador, coming under fire. peter king has said she should resign. do you agree with that? >> no, i don't. >> is that overstepping it? >> i think she was the messenger. she was the messenger. >> for people that aren't following this, what -- first of all, tell us what's offensive about what susan rice said five days afterwards. and then after that, can you talk about the briefing at the senate? because you have john kerry, actually,...
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ambassador susan rice five days after the attacks was still insisting they grew out of a protest that never occurred and were not not premeditated, clinton cited, quote, the fog of war. >> our post was overrun by a significant number of armed men. our annex was attacked. there had to be a lot of sorting out, and the intelligence community as you know so well, you know, they look backwards. they start going through everything. did they miss something? was there something else out there? then they have to put out feelers to find out what people knew and they have been doing that in a very vigorous way and we're learning more all the time about what happened. >> reporter: assistant secretary of state charlene lamb, who oversees dip low mat tick security testified before congress last week she was following the attack in realtime via direct communications with a diplomatic security agent on the consulate ground in benghazi. for her part, ambassador rice tells "the washington post", her comments were purely a function provided to us by the intelligence community. once you get day one, day
ambassador susan rice five days after the attacks was still insisting they grew out of a protest that never occurred and were not not premeditated, clinton cited, quote, the fog of war. >> our post was overrun by a significant number of armed men. our annex was attacked. there had to be a lot of sorting out, and the intelligence community as you know so well, you know, they look backwards. they start going through everything. did they miss something? was there something else out there?...
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ambassador, susan rice, and in the testimony by ambassador patrick kennedy, which we expect to hear, he says that any official who was in -- was testifying at that particular time that she did, which was on the 16th five days later, the 16th of september, five days after the attack, would have said the very same thing. it was based on the information that was known at that particular moment. you are already setting up, you know, some would say that the administration lied. in fact, chairman isa said that the administration misled people. now, patrick kennedy from the stat department, he is the under secretary for management, and he is saying no, that is what we knew at that particular point. there are some other interesting moments, fred, as we go through this. we can discuss it if you want, but i think that's one of the key things. >> it is, indeed. so we also just learned information that the white house has sent john brennan to libya. he has been meeting with senior libyan officials there as well. brennan, the assistant to president obama for homeland security and counterterrorism
ambassador, susan rice, and in the testimony by ambassador patrick kennedy, which we expect to hear, he says that any official who was in -- was testifying at that particular time that she did, which was on the 16th five days later, the 16th of september, five days after the attack, would have said the very same thing. it was based on the information that was known at that particular moment. you are already setting up, you know, some would say that the administration lied. in fact, chairman isa...
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remember, susan rice, the ambassador to the united states got in a lot of heat because she went on shows a week later and said it was a spontaneous action. it turns out, that's exactly the talking points that the cia was distributing within the united states government. so a lot of controversy, a lot of ambiguity. it's not likely to die down between now and monday and even after that, richard. >> it's going to be a very detailed and involved issue, if they do bring it up. we're getting information each and every day. mike viqueira, thank you so much. now, the attack on libya, as mike viqueira was telling us, goes back to this exchange. this is a big issue and might be a very big part of what is going to be happening as this debate becomes more charged after what had happened. let's listen to that exchange and what happened there. >> you said in the rose garden, the day after the attack, it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration. >> please proceed. >> is that what you're saying? >> please proceed, governor. >> i want to make sure we get that for the record, because i
remember, susan rice, the ambassador to the united states got in a lot of heat because she went on shows a week later and said it was a spontaneous action. it turns out, that's exactly the talking points that the cia was distributing within the united states government. so a lot of controversy, a lot of ambiguity. it's not likely to die down between now and monday and even after that, richard. >> it's going to be a very detailed and involved issue, if they do bring it up. we're getting...
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but you are not able to give us that answer. >> if i could answer -- let me exactly what susan rice said -- our current assessment, based on the information we have at present, is that in fact, what this began as was spontaneous, not premeditated. she said based on our current assessment. >> the retort to that is we're not just talking about her one statement. if you noticed, this innuendo and this blame for the time a immediately after, we all heard about it. it was the film. the secretary of state used the words "the film." it's not just one speech you are talking about which you may or may not be correct. we need to get to the heart of the matter. >> thank you. but we now go to the gentle lady from florida who is extremely familiar with law-enforcement and how it works. >> thank you for allowing me to sit here today. ms. lam, i am a former and of course -- i of a former law enforcement officer, so i'm going to go along that line. we tend to listen very intently and are trained to do so, so i believe you will understand some of the questions i'm going to ask you. mr. burton asked you a
but you are not able to give us that answer. >> if i could answer -- let me exactly what susan rice said -- our current assessment, based on the information we have at present, is that in fact, what this began as was spontaneous, not premeditated. she said based on our current assessment. >> the retort to that is we're not just talking about her one statement. if you noticed, this innuendo and this blame for the time a immediately after, we all heard about it. it was the film. the...
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days later, his ambassador to the united nations susan rice appeared on talk shows and said this about the attack. >> the best assessment that we have today is that, in fact, this was not a pre-planned, premeditated attack. but what happened initially was a spontaneous and reaction to what had just transpired in cairo, as a consequence of the video. >> for many days after that time i want you to listen to press secretary jake on it. he speaks for the president. this is the messaging. keep in mind that they have been told on the day that this al qaeda affiliated group is claiming responsibility for it. listen to jay carney. listen to him talking to the press. saying that there was no evidence to suggest that this was a preplanned attack and blaming the violence on an anti-islam video. >> this is a fairly volatile situation and it is in response not to united states policy, obviously the administration, not to the american people. there is a response to a video, a film, but we that we have judged to be reprehensible and disgusting. that in no way justifies any violent reaction to it. but
days later, his ambassador to the united nations susan rice appeared on talk shows and said this about the attack. >> the best assessment that we have today is that, in fact, this was not a pre-planned, premeditated attack. but what happened initially was a spontaneous and reaction to what had just transpired in cairo, as a consequence of the video. >> for many days after that time i want you to listen to press secretary jake on it. he speaks for the president. this is the...